Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fittings
District
Amber Valley
Town
Holloway
County
Derbyshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 8 October 1922
    Attended by: The Bishop of Derby DD performed the dedication
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
14517

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Current location

On the walls of the nave
Christ Church
Church Street
Holloway
Amber Valley
Derbyshire
DE4 5JP
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 32296 56966
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
The memorial comprises seventeen rectangular gritstone tablets around the walls of the nave, each having a raised inscription in gold lettering against a red background. Two of the tablets bear the dedicatory inscriptions; the other tablets bear individual inscriptions to each of the 15 casualties.
Inscription
(Tablet 1, on north wall of the nave): THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HERE/ DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR OF 1914-18 (Tablets 2-16, around the walls of the nave): (Names) (Tablet 17, above the south door of the nave): THIS IS THE MEMORIAL OF THEIR HONOUR AND OF OUR GRATITUDE/ GOD HAS RECEIVED THEM INTO HIS MERCY & THEY LIVE IN HIS LIGHT FOREVER
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Brown, Arthur
Clarkstone, Stanley
Davis, Ernest
Hawley, Frederick George
Hodgkinson, Thomas
Hodgkinson, William
Hughes, William Andrew
Marsden- Smedley, George Futvoye
Marsh, Harold
Miers, Norman Bywater
See details for all 15 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, decorations, Regiment, place of death, date of death
    Order of information: Each individual casualty's inscription is on a separate tablet
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Gritstone
Listing information
Condition
History
Christ Church was Grade II Listed on 14/8/1985, see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1335315
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church of England
Reference
  • Derby Daily Telegraph Monday 9 October 1922 (page 2) reported the dedication of the Parish obelisk memorial and of this memorial within the Church: 'DERBYSHIRE WAR MEMORIAL DUKE AT DETHICK, LEA, & HOLLOWAY. One of the most impressive village memorials in the county was unveiled by the Duke Devonshire on Sunday to perpetuate the men of Dethick, Lea, and Holloway who fell in the war. A graceful obelisk standing high on the hillside, the memorial forms a landmark visible for miles The inscription reads- "Bear in mind the men from Dethick, Lea, and Holloway who fought and died in the great war, 1914-1918 -Pte. Arthur Brown (aged 19), Pte. Stanley Clarkstone (aged 19), Pte. Ernest Davis (aged 28), Pte. Frederick George (aged 34), Pte Thomas Hodgkin (aged 30), Corporal William Hodgkinson, M.M. (aged 22), Pte. Wm Andrew Hughes (aged 26), Lieut. George Futvoye Marsden-Smedley (aged 19), Pte. Harold Marsh (aged 20), Norman Bywater Miers (aged 44), Pte. Harold Oakley (aged 20), Pte. Jack Peach (aged 43), Pte. Harry Alfred Thorpe (aged 19), Gunner Arthur Walker (aged 29), and Second lieut. Geo. Francis Walker (aged 40). Prior to the unveiling there was an impressive dedication service in the parish church by the Bishop of Derby. The 15 names are inscribed in the church, and at the same time the Bishop dedicated the new east window erected in memory of Second Lieut. George Futvoye Marsden Smedley'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19221009/009/0002
  • "Memorials to 2nd Lt. George Futvoye Marsden-Smedley", ©John Smedley Archive Charitable Trust 2021, written by Dennis Brook and edited by Jane Middleton-Smith; pages 8 and 9 relate to this memorial, including the names of the men who designed and executed it.
  • Details of the Grade II Listing of the Church can be found at historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1335315
  • 'Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Derbyshire, "For Your Tomorrows..."', 2nd Edition, edited by George Wigglesworth (Page 4) mentions this memorial. www.wigglesworth.me.uk/local_history/pdf/For your tomorrows.pdf
  • Photos of the 17 individual tablets comprising the memorial can be found at www.crichparish-ww1.co.uk/ww1webpages/christchurchplaques.html

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